When a young Eva Kollisch arrives as a refugee in New York in 1940, she finds a community among socialists who share her values and idealism. She soon discovers ‘the cause’ isn’t as idyllic as it seems. Little does she know this is the beginning of a lifelong commitment to activism and her determination to create radical change in ways that include belonging, love and one's full self. In addition to Eva Kollisch’s memoirs Girl in Movement (2000) and The Ground Under My Feet (2014), LBI’s collections include an oral history interview with Eva conducted in 2014 and the papers of Eva’s mother, poet Margarete Kolllisch, which document Eva’s childhood experience on the Kindertransport. Learn more at www.lbi.org/kollisch . Exile is a production of the Leo Baeck Institute , New York | Berlin and Antica Productions . It’s narrated by Mandy Patinkin. Executive Producers include Katrina Onstad, Stuart Coxe, and Bernie Blum. Senior Producer is Debbie Pacheco. Associate Producers are Hailey Choi and Emily Morantz. Research and translation by Isabella Kempf. Sound design and audio mix by Philip Wilson, with help from Cameron McIver. Theme music by Oliver Wickham. Voice acting by Natalia Bushnik. Special thanks to the Kollisch family for the use of Eva’s two memoirs, “Girl in Movement” and “The Ground Under My Feet”, the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College and their “Voices of Feminism Oral History Project”, and Soundtrack New York.…
Immersive Experience is a podcast dedicated to all design nerds who want to paint a world which is delightful, immersive yet humane. No matter if you are a right-brainer or a left-brainer, a newbie or a seasoned professional, if you love to bring a perspective which is creative yet empathetic, this is a place for you. The discussions will fuel your imagination and curiosity. Every Friday this summer, we will take a trip to find our design roots, where we are right now and what future beholds ...
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Episode 11 - Are you slacking?
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13:29This episode focuses on the popular workplace collaboration tool – Slack. We discussed the key aspects of the overall experience that Slack offers and tried to find out what are those key differentiators that are driving people to not just use it but fall in love with it.
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Episode 10 Thinking about the future
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14:44It’s not very unusual to ask the question on where human-centered design is going. UX and role of designers are at peak in this emerging world of technology. Human-centered approach is turning important more than ever. Whether a technology is successful is ultimately not going to be determined only by its level of innovation or its standard of exec…
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Episode 09 The Art & Power of Storytelling
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17:29Stories are powerful tool when it comes to create a long-lasting impressions. Stories are way to explain the world. Stories are about communication. A good storyteller is the one who practice the art rather believing that he acquired it. Every product we design and every idea we brings to life through our designs are unique in its own way so until …
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Episode 08 Empathic Design
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13:40Empathic design is not just a conceptual thought, it’s a belief that we can understand group behavior, social influences and can develop an emotional and cognitive empathy towards larger number of people. Thus, designing products and services that matches their expectations. The neuroanatomy of our brains may allow us to feel empathy for another’s …
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Episode 07 Universal and Inclusive Design
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14:54Inclusive design is a design philosophy that embraces how diverse people are not just in terms of ability but also in terms of race, ethnicity, color, socio-economic religion. We are designing for the world that speaks many languages and has different limitations — physical or cognitive. As a design community, either we can offer an experience that…
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Episode 06 Research in design
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13:31Research in design is not different from any other psychological or scientific research. Research help designers to move away from the hindsight bias or ‘know it all along’ phenomenon which can prove to be dangerous specially when we are trying to solve our users problems. Be it attitudinal and behavioral or quantitative or qualitative, research no…
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Episode 05 Complex User Experiences
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13:09Complexity in design is very subjective. A design which might look simple can be difficult to understand but a complex looking system sometimes makes perfect sense. Simplicity and complexity are not competing thoughts rather concepts that can live in harmony. What makes a complex design appear simple is all its bits and pieces organized in harmony …
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Episode 04 Emotional design & Emotional intelligence
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15:37Emotional design and emotional intelligence are turning mainstream concepts in design. When the former talks about how we should design products that evoke positive emotions in our user, the latter focuses on being intelligent and mindful of context of these emotions. This episode compares the two concepts and covers how to go about designing for e…
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Episode 03 Conversational UX and the world of chatbots
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15:28Conversational UX is not a latest thought. It's happening well before cellphones became a part of our lives. We, humans, are wired for conversations but oblivious to its multifaceted nature. While personal chat is ubiquitous in our daily lives, another groundbreaking technology has slowly and steadily entered in our conversational space and is blur…
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Episode 02 Finding our roots - Part 2
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14:45This episode is a continuation of our journey from the previous episode to take a look at some personalities and incidents that carved the design world that we designers live and breathe today.
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Episode 01 Finding our roots- Part 1
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11:29In this episode, we will be doing a time travel to trace our roots in various cultures, civilization, and beliefs, and will try to examine our knowledge of design from a historical lense.
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Welcome to the trailer episode of Immersive Experiences - a podcast for people who live and breathe design. This episode will give you an idea of what we will be talking here. Stay tuned for a ride of full of fun, creativity and loads of learning.
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